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CHEMIST

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

1779 - 1848

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Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (Swedish: [jœns ˈjɑ̌ːkɔb bæˈʂěːlɪɵs] (20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. In general, he is considered the last person to know the whole field of chemistry. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jöns Jacob Berzelius has received more than 646,121 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Jöns Jacob Berzelius is the 11th most popular chemist (down from 8th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 18th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Chemist.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist who is most famous for his work with chemical elements and the development of the periodic table.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 11 out of 509. Before him are John Dalton, Robert Boyle, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, Svante Arrhenius, and Jabir ibn Hayyan. After him are Fritz Haber, Linus Pauling, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Wilhelm Ostwald, and Friedrich Wöhler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 1. After him are Mustafa IV, Carl Ritter, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Elizabeth Alexeievna, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Thomas Moore, Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, and George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1848, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 1. After him are Gaetano Donizetti, George Stephenson, Emily Brontë, François-René de Chateaubriand, John Quincy Adams, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Christian VIII of Denmark, Bernard Bolzano, Caroline Herschel, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and María Isabella of Spain.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 15 out of 1,612. Before him are Olof Palme (1927), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Svante Arrhenius (1859), and Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626). After him are Ingrid Bergman (1915), August Strindberg (1849), Greta Garbo (1905), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), and Bridget of Sweden (1303).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Jöns Jacob Berzelius ranks 3. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833) and Svante Arrhenius (1859). After him are Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Sune Bergström (1916), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), and Torbern Bergman (1735).

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